Oni 鬼

Oni 鬼

Vinz Schwarzbauer, 2018

Drawing
21 x 29 x 0 cm
Ink on Paper

€ 332

incl. shipping within the EU

About Oni 鬼

Oni (鬼) are powerful creatures in Japanese folklore, often counted among the Yōkai. Their depictions vary, from spirits of the dead to savage, ogre-like fiends or malevolent demons. Tracing their origins to Indian Rakshasa, Oni are commonly shown as towering beings with sharp claws, wild hair, and one or two horns. Some legends also describe them with extra eyes or digits, while their skin color—often red, blue, or green—can vary. They typically wear tiger-skin loincloths and wield iron clubs (kanabō), inspiring the phrase oni ni kanabō (“an oni with an iron club”), signifying invincibility.

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About Vinz Schwarzbauer

Vinz Schwarzbauer (*1987 in Graz, Austria) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in 2014. In 2011/12, he spent a year in Hamburg on the Art School Alliance Scholarship at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg (HFBK). He was a co-founder of the magazine for narrative drawing "Franz the Lonely Austrionaut" and has illustrated for renowned media and theaters such as Falter, Jacobin Magazine, Der Standard, Burgtheater Wien, and Residenztheater München. His comic debut Mäander was published by Edition Moderne in 2023. Vinz Schwarzbauer lives and works as a comic artist and illustrator in Vienna, Austria.


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